A1
Practice Listening English Exercises for A1 – Small Talk
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1. Getting Ready Do people use these expressions to greet someone or to end a conversation? Check (✓) the correct answer.
| Greet someone | End a conversation | |
| 1 Keep in touch. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 2 How have you been? | ◻ | ◻ |
| 3 Well, it’s been nice talking to you. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 4 How’s everything? | ◻ | ◻ |
| 5 Hope to see you again soon. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 6 Well, talk to you later. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 7 Hello. Nice to see you again. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 8 Hey, how’s it going? | ◻ | ◻ |
| 9 I haven’t seen you for a long time. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 10 It’s been great seeing you again. | ◻ | ◻ |
2. Listening 1 Is each person greeting someone or ending a conversation? Listen and check (✓) the correct answer.
Audio
| Greeting someone | Ending a conversation | |
| 1 | ◻ | ◻ |
| 2 | ◻ | ◻ |
| 3 | ◻ | ◻ |
| 4 | ◻ | ◻ |
| 5 | ◻ | ◻ |
| 6 | ◻ | ◻ |
| 7 | ◻ | ◻ |
| 8 | ◻ | ◻ |
3. Listening 2 Task 1 What are the party guests talking about? Listen and circle the correct answer.
Audio
- 1)a the guests
- b)the music
- c)friends
- 2)a a guest
- b)the music
- c)Tim
- 3)a the music
- b)a guest
- c)an old friend
- 4)a school
- b)the woman’s health
- c)work
- 5)a a guest
- b)the party
- c)the food
- 6)a a job
- b)a vacation
- c)friends
- 7)a the guests
- b)her new job
- c)family
- 8)a family
- b)the food
- c)the guests
4. Listen again. Which statement is true? Circle the correct answer.
Audio
- 1)a The woman is having a good time.
- b)The woman is not enjoying herself.
- c)The guests are unfriendly.
- 2)a Tim does not recognize the singer.
- b)Tim does not like the singer.
- c)Tim like the singer.
- 3)a The man knows the guest.
- b)The man has not met the guest yet.
- c)The man does not want to meet the guest.
- 4)a The woman does not work now.
- b)The woman is not busy now.
- c)The woman is very busy now.
- 5)a The man is hungry.
- b)The man does not want anything to eat.
- c)The man wants to drink.
- 6)a The man took a train across the U.S.
- b)The man never travels.
- c)The man recently took a trip.
- 7)a The woman’s mother is not working now.
- b)The woman has a job now.
- c)The woman’s mother has a new job.
- 8)a The man knows a lot of people at the party.
- b)The man does not know a lot of people at the party.
- c)The man knows everyone at the party.
5. Listening 3 Task 1 Two people are talking. Does the second speaker already know the information, or is the information new? Listen and check (✓) the correct answer.
Audio
| Already knows the Information | New Information | |
| 1 | ◻ | ◻ |
| 2 | ◻ | ◻ |
| 3 | ◻ | ◻ |
| 4 | ◻ | ◻ |
| 5 | ◻ | ◻ |
| 6 | ◻ | ◻ |
6. Listen again. Which statement is true? Circle the correct answer.
Audio
- 1)a Molly has a new job.
- b)Molly is going to change jobs.
- c)Molly has just received a big raise.
- 2)a The rock concert is next month.
- b)All the tickets have been sold.
- c)They don’t like rock music.
- 3)a The bird was a birthday present.
- b)She had a bird before.
- c)She hasn’t decided what to call the bird yet.
- 4)a Claire will arrive later.
- b)Claire hasn’t been sick this year.
- c)Claire has the flu.
- 5)a He has acted i-n some movies.
- b)They guy lives in Canada.
- c)Both of them have already seen his movies.
- 6)a The exhibition starts next month.
- b)The exhibition is about Walt Disney.
- c)They are not interested in cartoons.
7. Listen to the conversation. Write the missing words.
Audio
- A: Hi, Angela! I haven’t seen you for a long time. What’s ?
- B: Oh, not much really. I’ve been studying a lot. What about you? you been up to?
- A: Uh, not much. I did visit Gina last week.
- B: Oh, nice. So, sister these days?
- A: She’s fine, thanks.
- B: And your parents?
- A: Oh, they’re pretty busy, but doing well.
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